Knowledge:Knowledge:

Between the limits of a “drug” Between the limits of a “drug”

user o a “drug” addict.user o a “drug” addict.

AyahuascaAyahuasca

““Liane of the Liane of the spirits”spirits”

““The wine of the The wine of the dead”dead”

Schultes and Schultes and Hofman: “The web Hofman: “The web of the soul” “The of the soul” “The rope of the rope of the strangled”strangled”

AyahuascaAyahuasca

Prepared and Prepared and consumed within consumed within sacred ritual contextsacred ritual context

Chamans posses the Chamans posses the knowledge of its knowledge of its preparation.preparation.

Banisteriopsis caapiBanisteriopsis caapi ChacrunaChacruna

ChamanismChamanism

Xaman: root scha, which Xaman: root scha, which means Knowledge.means Knowledge.

Chaman: The one who Chaman: The one who knows. His wisdom knows. His wisdom comes from the world of comes from the world of the spirits, of the plants.the spirits, of the plants.

Existence of another Existence of another dimension full of beauty dimension full of beauty and harmony that gives and harmony that gives us knowledge. us knowledge.

ChamanChaman

Ecstatic mystic, Ecstatic mystic, curandero, spiritual curandero, spiritual guide, carrier of myths, guide, carrier of myths, know about the history know about the history and culture of his tribe. and culture of his tribe. Knowledge on the Knowledge on the preservation of the preservation of the environment and environment and plants.plants.

Chamanic sessions Chamanic sessions have a public character.have a public character.

TakiwasiTakiwasi

““The house that sings”The house that sings” Jacques Mabit (1992).Jacques Mabit (1992). Research and use of Research and use of

traditional medicine traditional medicine and the modern and the modern medicine techniques medicine techniques in addiction in addiction treatments. treatments.

Therapy: Ayahuasca Therapy: Ayahuasca as principal tool and a as principal tool and a Chaman directs the Chaman directs the ingestion.ingestion.

TakiwasiTakiwasi

An addict is a person in An addict is a person in search for answers search for answers about the “being”. The about the “being”. The objective is to guide objective is to guide that spiritual search. that spiritual search.

““An addict is a believer An addict is a believer and what he/she needs and what he/she needs is someone to guide is someone to guide his/her experience.”his/her experience.”

Chaman–Psychotherapy Chaman–Psychotherapy – Psychoanalysis.– Psychoanalysis.

““The solitary drug use of The solitary drug use of capitalism” Vs. “The collective capitalism” Vs. “The collective

ways as in chamanism” ways as in chamanism” (Guattari)(Guattari)

Ranciere: The ignorant Ranciere: The ignorant SchoolmasterSchoolmaster

Knowledge is not necessary to teaching.Knowledge is not necessary to teaching. Aesthetics is an immanent dimension of Aesthetics is an immanent dimension of

knowledge.knowledge. Judgments of taste are in fact incorporated social Judgments of taste are in fact incorporated social

judgments.judgments. New kinds of artwork create new communities New kinds of artwork create new communities

and ways for people to relate to one another. This and ways for people to relate to one another. This gives them a possible relation to politics.gives them a possible relation to politics.

It would be necessary another act of faith on the It would be necessary another act of faith on the thought’s of “another”, of that which represents a thought’s of “another”, of that which represents a “theoretical fiction”.“theoretical fiction”.

Ranciere:Ranciere:

““Drugs” as the emancipator master.Drugs” as the emancipator master. It is possible to teach the democracy that It is possible to teach the democracy that

we ignore to create conditions so that we ignore to create conditions so that others can learn what we don’t know.others can learn what we don’t know.

Question: How do we teach addicts what Question: How do we teach addicts what we don’t know? we don’t know?

Storytelling presumes an equality of Storytelling presumes an equality of intelligence rather than an inequality of intelligence rather than an inequality of knowledge. knowledge.

The circle of power, on the other hand, can The circle of power, on the other hand, can only take effect by being made public.only take effect by being made public.

Emancipation:Emancipation:

From being an addict to being a poet.From being an addict to being a poet.